Twine-holder



(No model.

R. MELVIN.

TWINE HOLDER.

No. 801,621. Patented July 8, 1884..

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TWINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 301,621, dated July 8, 1884. Application filed March 22, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that LREUBEN MELVIN, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Twine-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is toprovide a new and improved device for holding a ball of twine in such a manner. that the free end of the twine is raised to be out of the way, but can at all times be reached easily.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawingaforming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure '1 is a rear View of my improved twine-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modification of the same.

A basket or bowl, A, is secured on the lower end of aboard, B, on the back of which an upright casing, G, is formed. A grooved pulley, D, is pivoted on the back of the board B, and over the upper end of the casing C, over which pulley a band, E, passes, to one end of which'a weight, E, and to the other end of which aring, E, are fastened. That end of the band to which the weight is fastened is within the casing G, and the opposite end of the band passes through an eye, 0, on the back of the board B. A cushion or bumper, F, is placed on the upper surface of the bottom of the casing O. Aseries of beveled projections or other impediments, G, are formed alternately on the inner surfaces of the sides of the casing O, against which projections the weight E strikes in descending, and is thus retarded.

The bevels from the bottom to the top are gentle; but the 'bevels from the top to the'bottom are steep. An aperture, H, is formed in the bottom of the board B, and a. short disbasket is held in a wire frame, M, provided at its top with a loop for hanging it. The wire forming the frame is bent to form a series of eyes or loops, N. A wire, 0,0Xl361ld8 downward from the top of the frame M, and on the same a wire slide, P, is held, which is provided with an eye, Q. A weight, It, is hung on the SlidQP.

The operation is as follows The ball of twine, cord, &c., is placed in the basket or bowl A, and the twine is then passed through the apertures H and J in the manner shown, then through the eye or ring E on the band E, and then through the ring L. By pulling on the free end of the cord or twine the ring or eye E is drawn downward and the weight E is raised. If the cord or twine is cut, the weight E descends and pulls the ring or eye E and the free end of the cord in the same upward and out of the way. The obstructions or projections G prevent the weight from descending too rapidly and throwing up the free end of the cord so rapidly as to entangle it. The cushion F prevents the weight from making too much noise in striking at the bot-- tom of the casing. The edges of the apertures and eyes through which the twine is passed the weight is moved downward and raises the free end of the twine. The desired friction is produced by passing the twine through the several eyes N. The fall of the weight B, Fig. 3, is suitably retarded by the form of the guide-wire O, which curves from the perpendicular at the top to a nearly or quite hori zontal direction at the bottom.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a twine-holder, the combination, with a receptacle for the ball of twine, of aband or cord provided at one end with a weightand at the opposite end with a ring or eye,throngh y scribed.

3. In a twine-holder, the combination, with the board 13, of the twine-basket A, the easing O,formed on the board,and provided with projections G, the pulley D, the band E, the weight E, secured on that end of the band within the casing, and of the ring E on the opposite end, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a twine-holder, the combination,.with the-board B, of the twine-basket A, the easing 0, having projections G'on the inner surfaces of the sides, the said projections being formed alternately on opposite sides of the casing, the pulley D, the band E, the weight E, and the ring E substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a twine-holder, the. combination, with the' board B, of' the twine-basket A,: the easing 0, the pulley D, the band E, the Weight E, the ring E and the cushion F, tially as herein shown and described.

6. In a twine-ho1der,the combination, with the board- B, having an aperture, H, of the twine-basket A, the casing H, the plate J, having an aperture, J, the pulley D, the band E, the weight E, the ring E and the eyes J and C, substantially as herein shown and described. V

7'. In a twine-holder, the combination, with.

the twine-ball receptacle A, of the wire frame M, the wire 0, the slide 1?, having an eye, Q,

substanand the weight R, substantially as herein 40 shown and described. I

REUBEN- MELVIN.

\Vitnesses:

LUQIAN B. B01312, CHAPMAN O. AROHER. 

